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" made of such a construction and form as to 3 on it from bugs, dies,and other insects, I entirely surround or incase it with and by a suitiable-shaped wire-ganzeframe so constructed Ashortilult an equal distancefrom-the lower ends d ranged in the space inclosed by the said posts oflight but strong wires f f f,

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l UNITED STATES PATEN.

BENJN. F. PORTER AND H. M.1GLINES,-OF MANCHESTER, N. H.Y TABLE-STAND FonAn'riotes oF Foco.

. Specification forming part of Letters PatentNo. 51,863, dated January2, 1866.

YBe it known that we, nNJAMlN F. PORTER and HUMPHREY M. GLINEs,ofManchester, in the county of Hillsborough and State of N ewTable-Stand for Articles of Food; Vand we do hereby deelarethat thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof,which willenable others skilled in the art. to make and use the same, referencebeing had to the accomforming part of this specicatiom y The presentinvention relatesv to au extremely vnovel and useful stand for thereception of pies, meats, and other articles of diet, in which they canbe readilyand conveniently carried about from place to place, as may benecessary or desired, thesjaid stand being permit of its being used withpropriety upon a dining-table; and, in addition to such` stand, in'order to protect the articles placed in or and arranged as to enable thearticles tobe readily removed fromor placed upon the stand, as may bedesired, this wiregauze covering being susceptible of detachment atpleasure.

Having thus stated the general features and objects of the presentinvention, we willy now proceed to describe the same in detail,-reference being had to the accompanying plate of drawings, of which-Figure 1 is a side elevation ot' thel tablestand; Fig. 2, a' transversehorizontal section taken iu the plane of the` line w w, Fig. 1, and Fig.3 a side elevation of the stand with a wire-gauze covering or casin gapplied to it.-

A Ain the drawings represent the frame of the stand, made of a squareshape, consisting of four upright corner pieces or posts, aa aa,connected by cross-bars b b b b at a of each posta, forminglegs thereof,which bars b are all in the same horizontal plane.

c c c c are a series of connecting or cross bars for the several posts aa, a a, at or near their upper vends, all arranged in the same plane. Y

. d d d are a l'seriesof horizontal shelves ari l a, in and to whichtheir corners are secured-in l any proper manner. These shelves 'areformed passing across 'and from one post to another, in such a manner asto produce shel'ves'orfsufcient rigidity that they will not sag fromthe, weight of any of the articles which it is intended to lplace uponthem. 1 g g g2 are a series off tixed vertical rods placed midwaybetween the several posts, to

which rods the wires of the shelves are also secured, forming anadditional support thereto, one of which rods, g2, however, in lieu ot'being iixed,is made removable, so as to allow articles of Vequaldimensions to the space between the posts to be placed upon the shelves.

i his a bail-handle hung to the upper cross.

bars of the frame A, by which it can be conveniently carried, when sodesired, from place to place. In this frame, andupon the several'shelyes composing the same, it is intended to place pies, meats, andother articles of food, Where, as is obvious, they can be kept, so that,when wanted, by settingythe stand upon the dining-table they moval atpleasure.

Whenv desired, as is necessary during the warm -season especially, thatthe pies, meats, 86e., contained in the stand should be protected fromflies,`insects, &c, and yet a cir cula-tion of air admitted through thestand, we attach to and completely surround the stand upon its sides,top, and bottom with a closed wire-netting, l, one end of which shouldbe so arranged as to be opened 'and closed at pleasure, in order ltopermit the articles to be inserted in and removed from the stand; and torender such'wire-gauze susceptible ot' removal, so that when notnecessary orlwanted itxcan be detached from the stand,in lieu of fixingit directly to the stand, we secure it to a -suitable frame, m, bentormade into corresponding shape to that of the periphery of the stand, oneside, n, of which is hinged to the remaining portion forming a door,which can `be opened and closed at pleasure, the other sides, o, of thesaid frame being secured to the stand by swinging hooks p and boxedstaples g thereof, as plainly shown in the drawings. l

We claim as new and desire to secure-by Letters Patent- The-table-standprovided with a series of she1ves,'and either with or without an openwire netting or casing, substantially as def scribed, and for the'reception of articles of diet, as specified.

BENJAMIN F. PORTER. HUMPHREY M. GLINES.

A Witnesses:

JOSEPH RowLEv J. Q. A. EAGER.

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